Saturday, December 17, 2011

A Christmas Craft


I wanted to make a turkey hand print craft with Mallory for Thanksgiving, but she just couldn't open her little hands up yet.  I made quite a mess trying to get paint into her closed fist! Let's just say I gave up before it turned into a complete disaster.  A few weeks have passed and I thought hmm...it might be time to try again.  This time I thought a Christmas moose would be cute.  We use to make these with the kindergarten kids.  A bit  of an age difference, but you never know till you try.  All you need is paper, paint (washable of course), a foot and  both hands.  It took us most of the morning but we finally got it done.  Of course Mallory wasn't too happy with me by the time we finished!  I have to say it turned out pretty cute.   I used stamps dipped in paint for Mallory's name and date.  For the finishing touches I added some holiday tape (you can pick some up at Michaels or I'm sure any other craft store has it in stock) as a border. 

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Back with a new addition

Okay, so I've been MIA for ummm...several months.  A lot has happened in the past little bit..I'll save you all the sordid details - just listen to Taylor Swift's song: Should Have Said No and that will pretty much sum it up. Sometimes life gives you lemons...yeah..yeah...make lemonade. On a brighter and much much happier note I am now a mother! Mallory was born September 28th and she is definitely the sugar in my lemonade. Check her out.  It doesn't get much sweeter!